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Symphonie diagonale
Symphonie diagonale
6.8
/10
857 Ratings

SYMPHONIE DIAGONALE

Directed by Viking Eggeling
Sweden, 1924
Short, Animation, Music

Synopsis

Eggeling applies an objectively analyzed movement of forms emphasizing line in a series of contrasts – vertical and horizontal, straight and curved, light and dark, strong and weak, disappearing and emerging – much like a musical piece where idioms or themes emerge.

Synopsis

Eggeling applies an objectively analyzed movement of forms emphasizing line in a series of contrasts – vertical and horizontal, straight and curved, light and dark, strong and weak, disappearing and emerging – much like a musical piece where idioms or themes emerge.

Our take

This silent symphony of shifting shapes and evolving geometry is a unique viewing experience. Satisfyingly hypnotic, albeit disquieting and defamiliarizing, what exactly this revered experimental short depicts—the mechanics of a machine or musical instrument?—is left open to interpretation.